BasiliskII-based WPMac system

A very shrewd member of the emaculation.com forum figured out how to create a self-contained Mac emulator based on BasiliskII instead of SheepShaver.

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, May 26, 2013

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A very shrewd member of the emaculation.com forum figured out how to create a self-contained Mac emulator based on BasiliskII instead of SheepShaver.

BasiliskII is the program that emulates an ancient 68K Mac, and runs System 7 through 8.1. (SheepShaver, in contrast, emulates a PowerPC Mac and runs System 7.5.3 through 9.0.4.) This new method of creating a self-contained emulator means that it's possible to create a single self-contained application that runs System 7.5.5 and WPMac - and doesn't require a lot of additional files scattered around your disk.

So, using this new method, I threw together yet another system for running WPMac. It doesn't have all the fancy options found in my WPMac Appliance (based on SheepShaver) or John's SheepShaver-WP system, and BasiliskII is less stable than SheepShaver, on the whole.

But Basilisk II starts up almost instantly, unlike SheepShaver, which takes forever to launch, and this system may be useful if you only need WPMac occasionally. Here's the download link for the WPMac68K Appliance:

You can change the default screen size by holding down the Option key while launching the application. By default, when you print, the system prints to your default OS X printer, but, again, by holding down the Option key when launching the program, you can make it prompt you to either to print or create a PDF file. Also, two included WP macros can create a PDF file that opens in OS X Preview, or simply writes a PDF file to the OS X desktop. I'm not sure how reliable these are, because of timing problems in OS X.

This is a first try, and it may not be reliable enough for regular use - for that, the only choice is John's SheepShaver-WP system - but it's fast and may be worth having.

As always, like my WPMacApp, this system makes very heavy use of code and ideas by John Rethorst and Smokey Ardisson. Almost everything that makes these systems run is their work.

em315

When I first uploaded this, I made a mistake that caused the tilde/grave-accent key to generate the wrong symbols. The current download fixes this. Apologies

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, May 27, 2013

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When I first uploaded this, I made a mistake that caused the tilde/grave-accent key to generate the wrong symbols. The current download fixes this. Apologies for the inconvenience.

--- In wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com, "em315" <em315@...> wrote:
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> A very shrewd member of the emaculation.com forum figured out how to create a self-contained Mac emulator based on BasiliskII instead of SheepShaver.
>
> BasiliskII is the program that emulates an ancient 68K Mac, and runs System 7 through 8.1. (SheepShaver, in contrast, emulates a PowerPC Mac and runs System 7.5.3 through 9.0.4.) This new method of creating a self-contained emulator means that it's possible to create a single self-contained application that runs System 7.5.5 and WPMac - and doesn't require a lot of additional files scattered around your disk.
>
> So, using this new method, I threw together yet another system for running WPMac. It doesn't have all the fancy options found in my WPMac Appliance (based on SheepShaver) or John's SheepShaver-WP system, and BasiliskII is less stable than SheepShaver, on the whole.
>
> But Basilisk II starts up almost instantly, unlike SheepShaver, which takes forever to launch, and this system may be useful if you only need WPMac occasionally. Here's the download link for the WPMac68K Appliance:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271144/WPMacApp68K%20Installer.dmg
>
> You can change the default screen size by holding down the Option key while launching the application. By default, when you print, the system prints to your default OS X printer, but, again, by holding down the Option key when launching the program, you can make it prompt you to either to print or create a PDF file. Also, two included WP macros can create a PDF file that opens in OS X Preview, or simply writes a PDF file to the OS X desktop. I'm not sure how reliable these are, because of timing problems in OS X.
>
> This is a first try, and it may not be reliable enough for regular use - for that, the only choice is John's SheepShaver-WP system - but it's fast and may be worth having.
>
> As always, like my WPMacApp, this system makes very heavy use of code and ideas by John Rethorst and Smokey Ardisson. Almost everything that makes these systems run is their work.
>

John R

Ed, looking at the emaculation.com thread, this certainly does look interesting. I had thought, however, that your SheepShaver package was similar to this.

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, Jun 1, 2013

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Ed, looking at the emaculation.com thread, this certainly does look interesting. I had thought, however, that your SheepShaver package was similar to this. What does this have that your all-in-one SheepShaver package doesn't?

John R.

--- In wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com, "em315" <em315@...> wrote:
>
> A very shrewd member of the emaculation.com forum figured out how to create a self-contained Mac emulator based on BasiliskII instead of SheepShaver.
>
> BasiliskII is the program that emulates an ancient 68K Mac, and runs System 7 through 8.1. (SheepShaver, in contrast, emulates a PowerPC Mac and runs System 7.5.3 through 9.0.4.) This new method of creating a self-contained emulator means that it's possible to create a single self-contained application that runs System 7.5.5 and WPMac - and doesn't require a lot of additional files scattered around your disk.
>
> So, using this new method, I threw together yet another system for running WPMac. It doesn't have all the fancy options found in my WPMac Appliance (based on SheepShaver) or John's SheepShaver-WP system, and BasiliskII is less stable than SheepShaver, on the whole.
>
> But Basilisk II starts up almost instantly, unlike SheepShaver, which takes forever to launch, and this system may be useful if you only need WPMac occasionally. Here's the download link for the WPMac68K Appliance:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271144/WPMacApp68K%20Installer.dmg
>
> You can change the default screen size by holding down the Option key while launching the application. By default, when you print, the system prints to your default OS X printer, but, again, by holding down the Option key when launching the program, you can make it prompt you to either to print or create a PDF file. Also, two included WP macros can create a PDF file that opens in OS X Preview, or simply writes a PDF file to the OS X desktop. I'm not sure how reliable these are, because of timing problems in OS X.
>
> This is a first try, and it may not be reliable enough for regular use - for that, the only choice is John's SheepShaver-WP system - but it's fast and may be worth having.
>
> As always, like my WPMacApp, this system makes very heavy use of code and ideas by John Rethorst and Smokey Ardisson. Almost everything that makes these systems run is their work.
>

em315

John, This actually has less than my SheepShaver-based package has, because this one is based on an older version (7.5.5) of the Mac OS, and can t print to IP

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, Jun 1, 2013

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John,

This actually has less than my SheepShaver-based package has, because this one is based on an older version (7.5.5) of the Mac OS, and can't print to IP addresses. Its only advantage, I think, is that it starts up very quickly (in two or three seconds on my system). I'm not at all sure if it's more stable or less stable!

--- In wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com, "John R" <johnrethorst@...> wrote:
>
> Ed, looking at the emaculation.com thread, this certainly does look interesting. I had thought, however, that your SheepShaver package was similar to this. What does this have that your all-in-one SheepShaver package doesn't?
>
> John R.
>
>
>
> --- In wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com, "em315" <em315@> wrote:
> >
> > A very shrewd member of the emaculation.com forum figured out how to create a self-contained Mac emulator based on BasiliskII instead of SheepShaver.
> >
> > BasiliskII is the program that emulates an ancient 68K Mac, and runs System 7 through 8.1. (SheepShaver, in contrast, emulates a PowerPC Mac and runs System 7.5.3 through 9.0.4.) This new method of creating a self-contained emulator means that it's possible to create a single self-contained application that runs System 7.5.5 and WPMac - and doesn't require a lot of additional files scattered around your disk.
> >
> > So, using this new method, I threw together yet another system for running WPMac. It doesn't have all the fancy options found in my WPMac Appliance (based on SheepShaver) or John's SheepShaver-WP system, and BasiliskII is less stable than SheepShaver, on the whole.
> >
> > But Basilisk II starts up almost instantly, unlike SheepShaver, which takes forever to launch, and this system may be useful if you only need WPMac occasionally. Here's the download link for the WPMac68K Appliance:
> >
> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271144/WPMacApp68K%20Installer.dmg
> >
> > You can change the default screen size by holding down the Option key while launching the application. By default, when you print, the system prints to your default OS X printer, but, again, by holding down the Option key when launching the program, you can make it prompt you to either to print or create a PDF file. Also, two included WP macros can create a PDF file that opens in OS X Preview, or simply writes a PDF file to the OS X desktop. I'm not sure how reliable these are, because of timing problems in OS X.
> >
> > This is a first try, and it may not be reliable enough for regular use - for that, the only choice is John's SheepShaver-WP system - but it's fast and may be worth having.
> >
> > As always, like my WPMacApp, this system makes very heavy use of code and ideas by John Rethorst and Smokey Ardisson. Almost everything that makes these systems run is their work.
> >
>

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